Would you reno a bathroom with shower stall and no tub?

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Brokelin wrote ealier: …if you only have one bathroom, or one near the main bedrooms, think twice before you replace a tub with a shower only.  If you have room for a tub, and a separate shower, great.  If you have two bathrooms, and only one will have a tub, also good.  Nothing bugs me more as a potential buyer (or renter) than a home with no bathtub…

Does anybody out there prefer a shower-only bathroom (no tub), if they get better use of space?  Such as: With the shower only design, they can have a bathroom near their bedroom, which they otherwise could not.  Or, they have a big closet, they would not otherwise have.  Or, they have a bigger kitchen adjacent to the bathroom.  If anybody built a shower only bathroom, other than as a second bathroom, please tell us why.

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daveinbedstuy | 12 years and 6 months ago

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Many people really don’t have any use for a tub.  I installed a Jacuzzi tub in my ensuite master bath and used it once in 5 years.  I love the shower stall.  I particulary hate claw foot tubs with wrap around shower curtains.  Ughhh.   I doubt lack of a tub would be a deal killer to a potential buyer unless they had a small baby.

slopegirl | 12 years and 6 months ago

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also in a hurricane you cannot store extra water for sanitary purposes without a tub. I’m a bath girl. Would never consider property with shower only bathroom.

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If you have an apartment that is a 2 bedroom or larger (family sized), you may knock out potiantial buyers by skipping the tub. I personally prefer shower stalls, but as someone with kids, I would be hesitent to buy an apartment with a shower only, or I’d factor the money and effort of adding a tub into the price I’d offer.